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J. HENDEL GARMENT Filed Dec. 12, 1934 in ulius He d V. ii:

Patented Dec. 17, 1935 PATENT F F CE Julius Hendel, New London, Conn.

Application December 12, 1934, Serial No. 757,207

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in Wearing apparel generally and more particularly to nether-garments of all classes and descriptions, such as drawers, pants, skirts, gym pants,

athletic garments, trousers and the like.

Nether-garments of this class have heretofore been commonly made with a buttoned closure in the front and various types of adjustable means at the sides and/or back so that the waist-band might be tightened in place to make the garment more or less self-supporting. Also, certain forms of resilient inserts have been provided for similar purposes but these, as well as most of the aforesaid adjustable means, have usually been exposed to view as to be unsightly and so arranged as to cause a puckering or bunching of the garment material that is uncomfortable to the wearer, or to be subject to breakage or tearing under sudden strain.

The primary object of the present invention,

therefore, is to obviate these objectionable features and disadvantages and to provide a means to give to a garment a smooth and snug fit about the waist and an evenly distributed elastic or resilient action to the waist band, the yielding nature of the support afforded the garment by the means permitting the waist band to readily conform to the waist of the wearer without any undue restriction to normal expansion and contraction of the stomach.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a resilient waist band structure wherein the resilient or elastic means employed will be completely housed Within the usual fold of a waist band and connected to adjacent portions thereof so as to function in the desired manner and without in any way causing any portion of the waist band to pucker or bunch.

With these and other equally important objects and advantages in view, the invention resides in the certain new and useful arrangement and construction of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, set forth in the appended claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper portion of a nether-garment embodying the invention, a portion of the waist-band being broken away to show the manner of attaching and housing the resilient or elastic members therein,

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and,

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the self-adjusting ends of the waist band.

Referring to the drawing, wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views thereof, the embodiment of 5 the invention, as is exemplified therein, is comprised in a garment body I9 which has a usual waist-band II at its top, except that the band is split and formed with adjacent elongated end portions I2 and I3 to overlap across the upper 10 end of a slit I4 formed vertically of the garment. As shown, these elongated portions I2 and I3 may be of a slightly reduced width from that of the waist band proper.

Immediately inward of the elongated portions 15 I2 and I3, one side fold only of each of the waist band sections II is provided a vertical slot, the slot I5, as shown, being at the outer side of the left-hand waist-band section and the slot IB at the inner side of the right-hand waist-band 20 section.

Secured at one end in the open ends of the elongated portions I2 and I3, as by the stitchings H, are identical lengths of a resilient material, such as elastic webbing or the like, I8 25 and I9, and these, together with the elongated portions I2 and I3, are passed inwardly of the slots I6 and I5 respectively and until the vertical edges of the slit I 4 are brought into substantial parallelism. When thus disposed, the 30 elongated portions I2 and I3 and the attached resilient members I8 and I9 are in the overlapped relation as before stated and they are substantially housed within the respective sections of the Waist-band II, in which position 35 the free ends of the resilient members I8 and I9 are secured to the latter by the stitchings 20.

By this arrangement of the parts, it will be readily apparent that, when the resilient members I8 and I9 and the sections of the waist- 40 band I I are normally disposed, the resilient, self-adjusting connection so provided forms a substantially smooth continuation of the waistband and that there is no abnormal fullness, bunching or puckering of the garment at or 45 below the Waist-band, and this is equally true when the resilient members I8 and I9 are placed under strain during the wearing of the garment. When the resilient members I8 and I 9 are under tension or strain, incident to the 50 wearing of the garment, the elongated portions I2 and I3 have sliding movement in the slots I5 and I6, while the members I8 and I9 remain completely housed within the folds of their respective sections of the Waist-band II. 5

end portions extending in overlapping relation and cross-wise of said slit, said waist-band sections having slots adjacent the connected ends of said elongated portions for the insertion therein of the free ends of said elongated portions, and a resilient member secured at one end to the free end of each of said elongated portions and at its other end to a respective waist-band section whereby to be completely housed within the latter when the same and 10 said elongated portions are in assembly.

JULIUS HENDEL. 

